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16 changes: 10 additions & 6 deletions glossary.md
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## Backus-Naur form (BNF)

A mathematical notation used to describe the syntax of a programming language.
A mathematical notation used to describe the syntax of a programming language.

## backward-chaining

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## bounded rationality
## bounds consistent
## bounds propagation

## branching factor

In tree data structures, the **branching factor** is defined as the number of children nodes at each node. In cases where the branching factor is not constant, an average is calcluated.

## bridge
## bunch

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## closed-loop
## clustering

In terms of Data Science, clustering is the grouping of data instances or objects with similar features and characteristics.
In terms of Data Science, clustering is the grouping of data instances or objects with similar features and characteristics.

## clutter
## CMAC
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## consistent
## consistent plan

A plan in which there are no cycles in the *ordering constraints* and no conflicts with the **causal links**.
A plan in which there are no cycles in the *ordering constraints* and no conflicts with the **causal links**.

## constraint language
## constraint learning
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# D
## DARPA Grand Challenge

The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American Autonomous Vehicles,funded by the **Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency**,the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense.
The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American Autonomous Vehicles,funded by the **Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency**,the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense.

## data association
## data complexity
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Going from a known
general rule to a new rule that is logically entailed (and thus nothing new), but is nevertheless useful
because it allows more efficient processing.
because it allows more efficient processing.

## deep belief networks
## deep learning
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## precedence constraints
## precision

**Precision** is a performance measure often used to describe some model, alongside other measures like *accuracy*, *recall* etc. Precision can be thought of as an efficiency measure of a model. It is given as:
**Precision** is a performance measure often used to describe some model, alongside other measures like *accuracy*, *recall* etc. Precision can be thought of as an efficiency measure of a model. It is given as:
***Precision = True Positives / (True Positives + False Positives)***

## precondition
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